Cultures of sustainability and wellbeing : theories, histories and policies
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Cultures of sustainability and wellbeing : theories, histories and policies
（Routledge studies in culture and sustainable development）
Routledge, 2018
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Cultures of Sustainability and Wellbeing: Theories, Histories and Policies examines and assesses the interdependence between sustainability and wellbeing by drawing attention to humans as producers and consumers in a post-human age. Why wellbeing ought to be regarded as essential to sustainable development is explored first from multifocal theoretical perspectives encompassing sociology, literary criticism and socioeconomics, second in relation to institutions and policies, and third with a focus on specific case studies across the world. Wellbeing and its sustainability are defined in terms of biological and cultural diversity; stages of advancement in science and technology; notions of citizenship and agency; geopolitical scenarios and environmental conditions.
Wellbeing and sustainability call for enquiries into human capacities in ontological, epistemological and practical terms. A view of sustainability that revolves around material and immaterial wellbeing is based on the assumption that life quality, comfort, happiness, security, safety always posit humans as both recipients and agents. Risk and resilience in contemporary societies define the intrinsically human ability to make and consume, to act and adapt, driving the search for and fruition of wellbeing. How to sustain the dual process of exploitation and regeneration is a task that requires integrated approaches from the sciences and the humanities, jointly tracing a worldwide cartography with clear localisations.
This book will be of great interest to students and researchers interested in sustainability through conceptual and empirical approaches including social theory, literary and cultural studies, environmental economics and human ecology, urbanism and cultural geography.
Table of Contents
Pillars and Circles: Wellbeing at the Core of Sustainability Paola Spinozzi and Massimiliano Mazzanti
Part I. Sustainable Wellbeing in Theory and History
Prologue Paola Spinozzi
I.1. Creating Capacities for Human Flourishing: An Alternative Approach to Human Development Paul James
I.2. The Incongruities of Sustainability: An Examination of the UN Earth Summit Declarations 1972-2012 Gonzalo Salazar
I.3. Slow Living and Sustainability: The Victorian Legacy Wendy Parkins
I.4. Innovation and Consumption in the Evolution of Capitalist Societies Pier Paolo Saviotti
1.5. In a Prescient Mode. (Un)Sustainable Societies in the Post/Apocalyptic Genre Paola Spinozzi
Part II. Policies and Institutions for Wellbeing
Prologue Massimiliano Mazzanti
II.1. Contextualising Sustainability: Socio-Economic Dynamics, Technology and Policy Massimiliano Mazzanti and Marianna Gilli
II.2. Social Equity and Ecological Sustainability through the Lens of Degrowth Valeria Andreoni
II.3. Institutionalist Climate Governance for Pleasant Cities and the Good Life Gjalt Huppes and Ruben Huele
II.4. Assessing Public Awareness about Biodiversity in Europe Anna Kalinowska
II.5. Is the Current Global Role of English Sustainable? Richard Chapman
Part III. Sustainable Wellbeing Via Habitat and Citizenship
Prologue Paola Spinozzi and Massimiliano Mazzanti
III.1. The Impact of Settlements on Urban River Basins and the Case of the Belem River in Curitiba, Brazil Gilda Cassilha, Marta Gabardo, Sylvia Leitao, and Zulma Schussel
III.2. Creative Social Innovation and Social Urbanism: The Case of Medellin Ana Elena Builes Velez and Maria Florencia Guidobono
III.3. Long-term Visions and Ordinary Management: Post-Earthquake Reconstruction in the Italian Region of Emilia Gianfranco Franz
III.4. Urban Life and Climate Change at the Core of Political Dialogue: A Focus on Saint-Louis du Senegal Adrien Coly, Fatimatou Sall, Mohamed Diatta C.B.C., and Cherif Samsedine Sarr
III.5. Is Ethno-tourism a Strategy of Sustainable Wellbeing? A Focus on Mapuche Entrepreneurs Gonzalo Valdivieso, Andres Ried and Sofia Rojo
III.6. Japanese Castle Towns as Models for Contemporary Urban Planning Shigeru Satoh
III.7. Vietnam's Pathway towards Sustainability: Stories Half-told Nhai Pham and Dan Tong
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